UnitLevel 4Undergraduate

FIT4190 Work professional placement

Faculty of Information Technology

FIT4190 Work professional placement is a level 4, 12-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Information Technology, offered in 2025 in Semester 2 at Clayton. It needs FIT2085 or FIT1008.

Credit points
12
Offered in 2025
Semester 2
Clayton
Assessment
No exam
4 tasks

This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.

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Requisites

Enrolment rules

  • Permission required.
  • Prerequisite: This unit is available to students enrolled in the Software Engineering specialisation of the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) at Clayton campus who have been accepted into the work professional placement program with at least 48 credit points of study accumulated from units offered by Faculty of Information Technology.

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Overview

Students on placement participate full time in a defined role during a 12-week placement period at established industry partners of the Faculty of IT including Australian SMEs, IT startups and worldwide consultancies. The students on placement apply the knowledge, skills and practices of professional attitudes and behaviour developed in their academic units. They develop communication, time management, and self-reflection in business situations, gain professional experience in the corporate environment and obtain feedback from experienced supervisors on their performance.

Offerings in 2025

Teaching periodCampusMode
Second semesterClaytonImmersive

Assessment

  • Professional placement portfolioPortfolio
    20%
  • Professional placement evaluationWritten
    30%
  • End-of-placement presentationPresentation
    30%
  • End-of-placement reportWritten
    20%

Learning outcomes

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

  1. 1

    Set achievable and measurable goals;

  2. 2

    Identify useful theoretical knowledge that has been covered in prior coursework and knowledge that has not yet been covered;

  3. 3

    Develop and practice professional skills and attitudes including: initiative, communication, time-management and teamwork skills in a business environment;

  4. 4

    Develop solutions to business problems using information technology and other techniques;

  5. 5

    Prepare documentation and written reports of a professional standard;

  6. 6

    Address performance improvement opportunities identified by industry supervisors and self-assess opportunities for personal development.

  7. 7

    Apply engineering synthesis and design processes in a business and information technology environment;

  8. 8

    Evaluate and critique the engineering approaches undertaken during the conduct and management of the projects.

Workload and teaching

  • Teaching approachIndustry-based learning

Students on placement are deployed full-time (36 hours per week) for 12 weeks with the industry partners of the Faculty of IT work professional placement program in a role within the company.

Contacts

Unit Coordinators
Mr Stephen Huxford
Joshua Akerstein
Chief Examiners
Associate Professor Thomas Chandler

Common questions

What are the prerequisites for FIT4190?

You need FIT2085 or FIT1008 before you enrol. Enrolment rules also apply.

When is FIT4190 offered?

In 2025, FIT4190 runs in Semester 2 at Clayton.

Does FIT4190 have an exam?

No. FIT4190 has 4 assessment tasks and no exam.

More details

Credit points
12
Level
4
Study level
Undergraduate
Faculty
Faculty of Information Technology
Type
Coursework
EFTSL
0.250
Student contribution
SCA Band 2
Study abroad
Not available
Handbook years
202520262027